A (not so very) merry Christmas. Went for a walk in the morning before the others got up. Not sure, but it seems that Ann is upset with me for some reason, she's been distant. Later in the morning, Emily came over and we all decorated sugar cookies and had our book club discussion about The Hail Mary Project. After Emily left, there was a lot of cooking (and kitchen cleaning) in the afternoon until she returned with Caleb around 4:00. We opened our stockings before dinner, and it was, as usual for me, awkward. I never feel like I get Ann the things she really wants, and my and her happiness seem somewhat artificial as we open our stockings. So I wasn't in a great mood from that. Talked at length to Ross on the phone, and he was feeling blue because of his job situation and a crappy Christmas morning that he and Mom had, when Ben showed up and Mom wasn't happy that he was late by two days. I don't know the full details. Then I gave Mom a quick call, and she was in a bad mood as well, which didn't help my mood. Dinner was okay, Emily made cheese fondue, and it tasted good. But after dinner I got saddled with cleaning up everybody's cooking mess, and it was not fun. So I bowed out of opening the gifts under the tree and read upstairs instead. This obviously made Ann upset, but I just could bring myself to sit in the room and smile while I was in the state I was in. I'm sure there will be fallout from this.
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